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preboding

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Synonym of foreboding.

archaic, uncountable

Examples

“Thus, when with a nervous preboding Henry took up the "Watchman," […] he turned quite sick at heart to find⟳ the lying verdict run⟳ as follows […]”
“It was with a pang of preboding that his nearest friends heard him announce⟳, while he was doing what proved to be his last⟳ work⟳ for the press⟳, that he was "going to kill⟳ Mrs. Partington."”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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